Education/early career
Kavanagh graduated with an honours degree in communications from the Dublin Institute of Technology. She worked as a reporter with "The Cork Examiner", now "The Irish Examiner." She has a master's degree in International Relations from University College Dublin.Reporter/presenter with RTÉ
She started working as a reporter on RTÉ's flagship "Morning Ireland" radio programme in 1996. She went on to edit a number of RTÉ's radio news programmes, including "This Week" and "World Report" as well as presenting "Morning Ireland," "The News at One" and "This Week." During her time in RTÉ, she made a five-part documentary series on the impact of Irish Government aid on developing countries. She was posted to Nairobi, in Kenya, for six months to spearhead RTÉ's Africa coverage. Among the stories she covered during her time in RTÉ were the conflict in East Timor, the Asian tsunami and the 2004 presidential election in the United States.Defamation and resignation
In 2011, a defamation/libel suit was filed against RTÉ following a "Prime Time Investigates" report called 'Mission To Prey,' on which Kavanagh was the reporter. The suit against the national broadcaster was settled for an undisclosed sum. RTÉ later broadcast an apology to Fr Kevin Reynolds. RTÉ was fined €200,000 by theDocumentaries
Since leaving RTÉ, Aoife Kavanagh has worked on a number of award-winning documentaries. In her role as producer with "Frontline Films" she made the programme "I Am Traveller," which was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in 2016. Her documentary about schizophrenia, “Schizophrenia, Voices In My Head” was nominated for two IFTA's as well as a Celtic Media Award in 2017. "The (Un)teachables," was the winner of the Headline Mental Health Media Awards in 2020. She was the producer of "The John Delaney Story," which aired on RTÉ in November 2020.References
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